After a successful edition in 2021, West Africa Connect is back with a new event on September 20 and 21, 2022. This time, the focus is placed on promoting mangoes, cassava, and ICT services from West African suppliers to agribusiness buyers from West Africa, Africa, and other continents. Buyers can Read more…
Contractor Opening No.: ITC/CIC/20/2022 Date: 27 June 2022 The International Trade Centre is looking for a/an: Project Officer – Western African Competitiveness Observatory Division/Section: Division of Market Development – Trade and Market Intelligence Type of assignment: National Consultant Type of contract: Daily Duty Station: ITC Office on ECOWAS premises – Read more…
Through its Trade and Market Intelligence team, the International Trade Center held workshops in Gambia and Senegal on 16 and 17 June 2022. The workshop sought to understand challenges and gather feedback from women entrepreneurs in their export operations using the Trade Obstacle Alert Mechanism (TOAM). The workshops were organized Read more…
The West African Accreditation System (SOAC) was accepted on April 25, 2022, as a signatory member of the African Accreditation Cooperation (AFRAC). This recognition concerns testing laboratories (ISO IEC 17025), calibration laboratories (ISO IEC 17025) and medical laboratories (ISO 15189). A few days later, on May 14, 2022, SOAC has Read more…
This call for applications is addressed to SMEs operating in the mango and cassava value chains. The West African Competitiveness Programme (WACOMP), funded by the European Union, aims to strengthen the competitiveness of the West Africa region and enhance integration of ECOWAS and UEMOA Member States into the regional and Read more…
Press release November 1, 2021 On November 16 and 17, 2021, West Africa Connect will bring industry representatives from the textile, garments, and ICT service sectors together virtually. With financial support from the European Union (EU), the event will connect more than 100 suppliers from 16 West African countries with Read more…
Title of Assignment: Developing a country report to constitute the Guinea Bissau chapter of ECOWAS investment profile on the mango sector Duty Station: Home-based Expected Start Date: 20 November 2021 Expected End Date: 30 Avril 2022 BACKGROUND The International Trade Centre (ITC), a joint agency of the World Trade Organisation Read more…
Title of Assignment: Developing a country report to constitute the Guinea chapter of ECOWAS investment profile on the mango sector Duty station: Home-based Expected Start Date: 20 November 2021 Expected End Date: 30 Avril 2022 The International Trade Centre (ITC), a joint agency of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and Read more…
Title of assignment: Developing a Country Report to be incorporated as the Mali Chapter of an Investment Profile on the ICT Sector in ECOWAS Tentative start date: ASAP Tentative end date: end November 2021 BACKGROUND: The International Trade Centre (ITC), a joint agency of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and Read more…
On the 23rd and the 24th of August 2021, the Bissau-Guinean component of the WACOMP, funded by the EU and implemented by UNIDO, conducted an on-site experimental training on key fruit maturity indicators and parameters. Twenty-one technicians from four key Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs) in Guinea-Bissau benefited from this training Read more…
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